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Jones, A., Markant, D. B., Pachur, T., Gopnik, A., & Ruggeri, A. (2021). How is the hypothesis space represented? Evidence from young children’s active search and predictions in a multiple-cue inference task. Developmental Psychology.

information search

De Simone, C., Battisti, A., & Ruggeri, A. (2021). Differential impact of web habits and active navigation on adolescents' online learning. https://psyarxiv.com/hsvc4/

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question asking

Meder, B., Wu, C. M., Schulz, E., & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Development of directed and random exploration in children. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13095

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question asking

Ruggeri, A., Walker, C. M., Lombrozo, T., & Gopnik, A. (2021). How to Help Young Children Ask Better Questions?. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 2908. 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586819

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Meder, B., Mayrhofer, R., & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Developmental trajectories in the understanding of everyday uncertainty terms. 10.31234/osf.io/sfgzu

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question asking

Swaboda, N., Meder, B., & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Finding the (most efficient) way out of a maze is easier than asking (good) questions. https://psyarxiv.com/tdaqg/

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Fantasia, V., Markant, D., Perri, N. & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Memory enhancements from active control of learning in children mit autism spectrum disorder. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320931244

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question asking

De Simone, C., & Ruggeri, A. (2020, April 8). What is a good question asker better at? From unsystematic generalization to overgeneralization to adult-like selectivity across childhood. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/6jupw

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question asking

Jones, A., Swaboda, N., & Ruggeri, A. (2020). Developmental changes in question-asking. In L. P. Butler, S. Ronfard, & K. H. Corriveau (Eds.), The questioning child: Insights from psychology and education (pp. 118–143). Cambridge University Press.

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exploration

Meder, B., Wu, C. M., Schulz, E., & Ruggeri, A. (2020, April 28). Development of directed and random exploration in children. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7zhxv

exploration 

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Meder, B., Nelson, J. D., Jones, M., & Ruggeri, A. (2019). Stepwise versus globally optimal search in children and adults. Cognition, 191, Article 103965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.05.002

decision making

Coenen, A., Ruggeri, A., Bramley, N. R., & Gureckis, T. M. (2019). Testing one or multiple: How beliefs about sparsity affect causal experimentation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(11), 1923–1941. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000680

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question asking

De Simone, C., & Ruggeri, A. (2019). What is a good question asker better at? From no generalization, to overgeneralization, to adults-like selectivity across childhood. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1613–1619). Cognitive Science Society.

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decision making

Musculus, L., Ruggeri, A., Raab, M., & Lobinger, B. (2019). A developmental perspective on option generation and selection. Developmental Psychology, 55(4), 745–753. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000665

active learning

Perri, N., Fantasia, V., Markant, D., De Simone, C., Valeri, G., & Ruggeri, A. (2019). Benefits of active control of study in autistic children. In A. K. Goel, C. M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 924–930). Cognitive Science Society.

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exploration

Ruggeri, A., Markant, D., Gureckis, T. M., Bretzke, M., & Xu, F. (2019). Memory enhancements from active control of learning emerge across development. Cognition, 186, 82–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.010

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active learning

exploration

Ruggeri, A., Swaboda, N., Sim, Z. L., & Gopnik, A. (2019). Shake it baby, but only when needed: Preschoolers adapt their exploratory strategies to the information structure of the task. Cognition, 193, Article 104013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104013

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active learning

question asking

Ruggeri, A., Xu, F., & Lombrozo, T. (2019). Effects of explanation on children's question asking. Cognition, 191, Article 103966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.05.003

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exploration

Schulz, E., Wu, C. M., Ruggeri, A., & Meder, B. (2019). Searching for rewards like a child means less generalization and more directed exploration. Psychological Science, 30(11), 1561–1572. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619863663

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active learning

Bridgers, S., Gweon, H., Bretzke, M., & Ruggeri, A. (2018). How you learned matters: The process by which others learn informs young children's decisions about whom to ask for help. In C. Kalish, M. Rau, J. Zhu, & T. T. Rogers (Eds.), COGSCI 2018: Changing / minds. 40th Annual Cognitive Science Society Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, July 25-28 (pp. 1402–1407). Cognitive Science Society.

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active learning

computational

Jones, A., Schulz, E., Meder, B., & Ruggeri, A. (2018). Active function learning. In C. Kalish, M. Rau, J. Zhu, & T. T. Rogers (Eds.), COGSCI 2018: Changing / minds. 40th Annual Cognitive Science Society Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, July 25-28 (pp. 580–585). Cognitive Science Society.

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Ruggeri, A., Luan, S., Keller, M., & Gummerum, M. (2018). The influence of adult and peer role models on children' and adolescents' sharing decisions. Child Development, 89(5), 1589–1598. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12916